Information About

Point Adolphus

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Gustavus

About

at N end of Chichagof I., in Icy Strait, 50 mi. W of Juneau; Alex. Arch.

History of Point Adolphus

discovered in 1794 by Joseph Whidbey and named by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 259), Royal Navy (RN), in honor of Adolphus Frederick, seventh son of George III, King of England.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Juneau B-6 (1948), Juneau B-6 (1948), Juneau B-6 (1948), Juneau B-6 (1948), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau B-6 SE (2015),

Places Near Point Adolphus

Bars:

Ancon Rock, Pleasant Island Reef,

Bays:

Bartlett Cove, Flynn Cove, Mud Bay, Pinta Cove, Secret Bay,

Capes:

Point Adolphus, Burger Point, Eagle Point, Point Gustavus,

Channels:

Beardslee Entrance, Icy Passage, Icy Strait,

Cities:

Gustavus,

Hills:

The Knob,

Islands:

Anthony Island, Harry Island, Lagoon Island, Lester Island, Pleasant Island, Young Island,

Lakes:

Bartlett Lake, Otter Lake,

Reserves:

Dude Creek State Critical Habitat Area,

Ridges:

Chedu Ridge,

Rivers:

Bartlett River, Mud Bay River, Salmon River,

Streams:

Chicken Creek, Humpback Creek,

Routes:

Bartlett Lake Trail, Bartlett River Trail,

Cities:

Bartlett Cove,

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Red-necked Phalarope, Black-legged Kittiwake, Sooty Shearwater, Mallard, Common Gull, Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Common Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Arctic Tern, Surfbird, Short-tailed Shearwater, Barn Swallow, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, White-winged Scoter, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Black Oystercatcher, Common Loon, American Crow, Surf Scoter, Bonaparte's Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Merganser, Sanderling, Common Raven, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harlequin Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Ancient Murrelet, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Sabine's Gull, Glaucous Gull, Northern Fulmar, Belted Kingfisher, American Robin, Horned Grebe, Rufous Hummingbird, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Marbled Murrelet, Cassin's Auklet, California Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Leach's Storm-petrel, Brandt's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Song Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Rock Pigeon